Wind-shield.



A. L. BANKER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, I905.

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' PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906 WIND SHIELD;

PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

A. L. BANKER. WIND SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1905.

mom/5% WITNESSES ARTHUR L. BANKER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIND-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

. Application filed November 16, 1.9%. Serial No. 287,677-

To alt whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. BANKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Alleghenyand' State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind-Shields;

screen may be remove of which the following is a specificationfi.

The object ofthis invention is to provide a wind shield for automobiles, which is adapted to be held in an upright position'when in use and in a lowered position when not inuse. v The invention further residesin the particuthe adjustment and in its varying pos1- lar means for securi for holding the' shield tio'ns.- One form of the invention is shown in the accompan drawing, wherein F" ure 1 is a 'ont elevation showing the shiel as applied to the vehicle; I

Figure 2-is' a similar view in sidev elevatioII; i v

Figure 3 is a detail of the itelescop' rods with the central part broken away a rifi also shown' in section in order that both ends of the rod and the means for fastening the telesco ing parts may be shown; f

I igure 4 is an end view of the rod; I

Figure 5 is a section on ure 3;

Figure '6 is a section 4m line (6) of Figure 4, and shows the constructionof the umversal joint, and v e 7 is a detail view showing ficat on whereby the I a modi- (part which carries the As shown in Figures 1' and 2 7 is ashield of ordinary construction secured at its lower iportion by hinges 8, and adapted to swing om its upright position ofuse to a hor1- zontal position in whichit lies immediately over and close to the hood of the automobile.

' The invention contemplates, broadly, the

use of any adjust' and holding means for securing the shield 1n the two ositions just referred to but the preferred. orm of secur- I ing and holding means is showninthe accompanying drawings as two sets of telescoping rods, one set applied to each side of the shield, One of these rods Qissecured by a universal joint 11 to the shield 7 and telescopes inside the other rod' or tube which in turn is secured by a universal joint 12 to the side of the hood deck or frame". The

tworods are held in their adjusted position i by means of a set screw. The use of the universaljoint is necessitated by the fact that" the frame to whichit is desirable to attach the lower rods is narrower than the shield to which'tlre upper rods are attached and consequently in going from the upper position to the horizontal position a certam amount ,of lateral' lay occurs. This is illustrated in Figure 1 y the showing in dotted lines of the rods whenlthe shield is in horizontal position. Figures 3 to 6, inclusive, show the details of construction ofithe adjusting rods and their universal joints. As shown ,in

Figures 3 and 6, the ends of the rods 9 and 10 are re-enforced by sleeves 13 which carry the balls for the-universal joint. The ball14 is held between the block 15 and the adjusting block '16 which is screw threaded into the sleeve 13 and held from movement by means ofa cotter 17 which passes through holes in the end of the sleeve and engages the upper end of the block. l6 which blockis split as shown in Figures 4 and'6 to accommodate such cotter. The balls are secured to the parts 18 which are in turn fastened by screws or other suitable holding means'to the shield I and to the hood deck or frame. As shown in Figure 3 the rod 9 telesco es inside of the tube 10 and is held in a justed position bythe set screw 19, which passes through a boss20 of the collar 21 secured to the tube 10 and bears against the rod 9. In order to avoid scarring the rod a 's lit clamp of well .known construction may 6 substituted for the set screw 19. To provide for the expeditious removal of the shield, the hinges 8' are provided with removable pins. Figure.

7' shows a modification-wherein the front board which carries the hinged shield may be removed bodily. The board carries two straps 23 the u per of which is provided with a screw'-24. hose straps carry the rod 25 which slips removably in sockets 26 on the art 27 secured to the lower part of the front board. The rod is shouldered at 28 and has a nut 29 for holding it securely. 1

The operation of the device is obvious with- .out further description and it will'be appar: out that the device affords a very"convement and secure adjustment for the shield which in its upper position of use is as secure asif integra its lower position is held so as to be entirely 'out of the way and inconspicuous. .Having. thus described my. invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the folwith the body of the machine and inwhereby the shield may be held at any adj usted position. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto s nedmy name in the presence of the two su scribed wltnesses.

ARTHUR L. BANKER.

Witnesses:

F. E. GAITHER, ARCHWORTH MARTIN. 

